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[squidhands]

I was curious so I asked Bish about it. Waiting for a reply.

It's pretty apparent from his post history: he can't figure out how to use "their" or "your" properly.

 

[Fuchsdh]

His tweets are pure gold. Feels like a comedy account.

https://twitter.com/SpeedyBlueDude/status/502370420658425856

Tashi ceiling takes me back. I think that was the first HaloGAF meme I remember (aside from Saidancing.gif).

Spanners in the works for skill gap is teamwork and randoms vs. partied up regular teams. That doesn't even start the discussions about the nature of online gaming and fairness in terms of skill gap. It also excludes any metrics based on regional times playing, available player pools and so much more.

So many forget how much a team and/or individual can bring beyond the skill gap based on mechanics alone.

LAN events/tournies are quite a different beast to online skill or ranking for example.

Yeah I think it's easy to have these discussion divorced from the reality of the environment the game exists in. It's a damn tricky balancing act.

 

[Ramirez]

Don't forget to put Ram in the Kentucky tier.

This tier consists of log cabin 56k internet and fucking your sister, all while shitting on you in Halo.

 

[TheOddOne]

This tier consists of log cabin 56k internet and fucking your sister, all while shitting on you in Halo.

 

[User 73706]

This tier consists of log cabin 56k internet and fucking your sister, all while shitting on you in Halo.

Guys, Speedy was banned in the White Cops Kill Black Teen For Dating Their Daughter thread for proposing that they were just demented and that it wasn't actually a race issue. It's how Nowise got the hammer, too.

Lol, Speedy was banned.

 

[willow ve]

It took 195 pages but this place is starting to feel like HaloGAF again.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

Fairly sure Speedy ban is perm, he texted me this morning with a request to carry on his legacy (#Kappa) and all that.

 

[NobleGundam]

Fairly sure Speedy ban is perm, he texted me this morning with a request to carry on his legacy (#Kappa) and all that.

Inb4AzoojooJr.

Spoiler

speedy alt ressurection

 

[Der Flatulator]

It took 195 pages but this place is starting to feel like HaloGAF again.

I count 98 but OK.

 

[User 73706]

pouring one out for my boy spooder

 

[Vooduu]

pouring one out for my boy spooder

 

[Omni]

Will Halo 2:A, H3 and H4 have fileshare support in the collection? What about screenshots that are uploaded to Waypoint like they are now?

 

[op_ivy]

This tier consists of log cabin 56k internet and fucking your sister, all while shitting on you in Halo.

damn.

 

[NobleGundam]

Will Halo 2:A, H3 and H4 have fileshare support in the collection? What about screenshots that are uploaded to Waypoint like they are now?

O'Connor tells Joystiq that it is also still exploring options for 'Fileshare,' a web-based archive of player screenshots, clips and Forge creations that could be shared with the game's large community.

"We're going to have it," O'Connor says, "it's just a matter of deciding where it goes. We're still evaluating." When asked if 343 could leverage the OneDrive app featured on Xbox One as a player's personal file archive, he noted that the complication with using it revolves around the file types used for player creations in the Halo titles featuring Forge.

Fileshare archived a limited number of player-selected uploads to Bungie.net, the website for the franchise's creator and former curator. For a nominal fee, Halo players could also expand their online archive capacity.

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/11/the-fate-of-forge-in-halo-the-master-chief-collection/

 

[The Librarian]

Feels like old HaloGAF.

*Tears up*

The only way this would feel like the old HaloGAF is if it would return to the shitty boys' club it once was.

And that's not gonna happen.

 

[Omni]

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/11/the-fate-of-forge-in-halo-the-master-chief-collection/

Interesting. Hopefully they've worked it out by release. It took them far too long with Halo 4 to get that up and running

 

[Overdoziz]

The only way this would feel like the old HaloGAF is if it would return to the shitty boys' club it once was.

And that's not gonna happen.

devo is pretty cool

 

[User 73706]

damn.

I miss your old avatar.

Oh, and thanks to my local Starbucks man, I got a pumpkin spice latte early this year. Avatar changed accordingly. I'll have a 2014-specific updated one shortly.

devo is pretty cool

All we need is Shogmaster to really achieve that OG Halogaf experience.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

starting to get that old HaloGAF feeling again...now all we need now is some sarcastic TrueSkill screencaps of unbalanced teams/lopsided victories and cries to hire Juices

 

[NobleGundam]

Interesting. Hopefully they've worked it out by release. It took them far too long with Halo 4 to get that up and running

In the MCC thread frank mentioned that waypoint will have a huge overhual, apparently.
Halo channel might be part of it, but don't know atm.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

A moment of silence for our comrade in arms...

 

[TheOddOne]

The only way this would feel like the old HaloGAF is if it would return to the shitty boys' club it once was.

And that's not gonna happen.

So, you're saying we should kick out ViewtifulJC. Yeah, agreed.

 

[Mix]

devo is pretty cool

nice avatar bud.

 

[CreateNowSleepLater]

Everyone here is terrible at Halo.

The only good Halo players here are Juices and Cyren.

Tiers here are:

Good - Juices, Cyren

Decent - Orichwhatever, Devo, Mix, IceDoesntHelp, U4ix, Nebula

Terrible - Zoojoo, Francas, The other Franca brother, Biggy

Pretty Sure they're AFK - YourExWife, Heckfu, Ghazi.

Is there like a lower tier than terrible? I thought I was at least ok until some of those HaloGAF customs nights. Now I play with my 9 year old ...who is getting better than me.

oh RIP Speedy.

 

[User 73706]

Is there like a lower tier than terrible? I thought I was at least ok until some of those HaloGAF customs nights. Now I play with my 9 year old ...who is getting better than me.

oh RIP Speedy.

Yeah, it's called Wahrer tier. Think Ganon Tier from Brawl.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

The only way this would feel like the old HaloGAF is if it would return to the shitty boys' club it once was.

And that's not gonna happen.

What a mature post.

 

[Madness]

Guys, Speedy was banned in the White Cops Kill Black Teen For Dating Their Daughter thread for proposing that they were just demented and that it wasn't actually a race issue. It's how Nowise got the hammer, too.

Damn that sucks. It's why I tend to play it safe in "charged" threads. Doesn't sound permaban worthy. Maybe we'll get another new alt here if it is though.

 

[User 73706]

 

[Orochinagis]

The only way this would feel like the old HaloGAF is if it would return to the shitty boys' club it once was.

And that's not gonna happen.

RIP new people.

A moment of silence for our comrade in arms...

Where is his white kinect.

 

[Fuchsdh]

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/11/the-fate-of-forge-in-halo-the-master-chief-collection/

Be awesome if it's pooled and easily sortable in-game. Making it better online is good too, but easier sorting like Halo 3 would be used a lot more than web no matter what.

 

[Tawpgun]

Only way this will return to old HaloGAF is if people actually play Halo

This november, the cleansing returns.

 

[User 73706]

Damn that sucks. It's why I tend to play it safe in "charged" threads. Doesn't sound permaban worthy. Maybe we'll get another new alt here if it is though.

To be fair, while Speedy's still pretty young, I think it's a policy change that's worth it in the long run. It's been brought up several times in minority community threads that it's pretty jarring when certain posters go off the rails with blatant ignorance, racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, etc. veiled or not only to get a temp ban and be back without having learned anything on their return. NeoGAF is definitely starting to experience a shift into a more politically-correct center-left mindset and I respect them for sticking to it and actually keeping people out if they don't comply. There's a lot of other communities out there where shit like "i'd gargle her bath water" or "i only see the human race," etc. are a little too commonplace for comfort. You'll get people like speedy caught in the crossfire, but ultimately, I'd even give up my own account if it meant GAF strode for stronger equal representation, which is already pretty well on its way.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

Only way this will return to old HaloGAF is if people actually play Halo

This november, the cleansing returns.

 

[The Librarian]

What a mature post.

Maybe, but probably doesn't compare to all those personal attacks you and KyleJ made against Shishka, other people at Bungie, and 343.

 

[heckfu]

I got a message that the boys club is getting back together?

 

[Fuchsdh]

To be fair, while Speedy's still pretty young, I think it's a policy change that's worth it in the long run. It's been brought up several times in minority community threads that it's pretty jarring when certain posters go off the rails with blatant ignorance, racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, etc. veiled or not only to get a temp ban and be back without having learned anything on their return. NeoGAF is definitely starting to experience a shift into a more politically-correct center-left mindset and I respect them for sticking to it and actually keeping people out if they don't comply. There's a lot of other communities out there where shit like "i'd gargle her bath water" or "i only see the human race," etc. are a little too commonplace for comfort. You'll get people like speedy caught in the crossfire, but ultimately, I'd even give up my own account if it meant GAF strode for stronger equal representation, which is already pretty well on its way.

I think they're a bit ban-happy these days, but ultimately it's a private website. They can be as reasonable or as capricious as they want, no one is entitled to be here.

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[xxjuicesxx]

Maybe, but probably doesn't compare to all those personal attacks you and KyleJ made against Shishka, other people at Bungie, and 343.

Our attacks were never personal but a mere attack at the quality and choices in their work.

Halo is dead now so who ultimately was correct?

 

[Steelyuhas]

Soon

The B O Y S are coming back to town!

 

[NobleGundam]

Our attacks were never personal but a mere attack at the quality and choices in their work.

Halo is dead now so who ultimately was correct?

I still think you should be hired

 

[squidhands]

nice avatar bud.

looks like a kite.

 

[User 73706]

I still think you should be hired

#hirefyre

 

[besada]

To be fair, while Speedy's still pretty young, I think it's a policy change that's worth it in the long run. It's been brought up several times in minority community threads that it's pretty jarring when certain posters go off the rails with blatant ignorance, racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, etc. veiled or not only to get a temp ban and be back without having learned anything on their return. NeoGAF is definitely starting to experience a shift into a more politically-correct center-left mindset and I respect them for sticking to it and actually keeping people out if they don't comply. There's a lot of other communities out there where shit like "i'd gargle her bath water" or "i only see the human race," etc. are a little too commonplace for comfort. You'll get people like speedy caught in the crossfire, but ultimately, I'd even give up my own account if it meant GAF strode for stronger equal representation, which is already pretty well on its way.

Hi HaloGAF, I'll use this wonderful post as my leaping off point.

Sub-Zero is right. What once flew on GAF no longer flies on GAF. Go back as few as five or six years, and you'll find people calling each other "gay" and "fag", but none of you would do that now, because you either have grown past it, or know you'll catch a ban.

In a very similar way, Halo GAF is going to be respectful to people who aren't young men. This includes, old people, women, transgendered members, etc.

If HaloGAF can't manage this without massive moderator intervention, then there will be massive moderator intervention.

So, given this, a couple of points:

1) This is not a locker room. Keep in mind that this thread, because it's focused on Halo -- an incredibly popular, mainstream game -- is going to have a higher percentage of non-young white dudes than much of the rest of the forum. Which means if you wouldn't say it in front of a mixed-race, mixed-gender crowd in real life, you probably shouldn't say it here.

2) Like all community threads, you are required to be inclusive to newcomers. This is going to be a big issue when the MC Collection rolls out. There are going to be plenty of new folks, and we expect you to welcome them and treat them well.

That's all. Have fun, and I'll be back around when I need to be, or when some Halo actually comes out.

 

[Captain Blood]

Soon

The B O Y S are coming back to town!

The B O Y S will never be too far away.

 

[Ramirez]

It just won't be the same not being able to carry Therms & EZB to 50. Where's Metroidvania when I need him?

 

[The Librarian]

To be fair, while Speedy's still pretty young, I think it's a policy change that's worth it in the long run. It's been brought up several times in minority community threads that it's pretty jarring when certain posters go off the rails with blatant ignorance, racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, etc. veiled or not only to get a temp ban and be back without having learned anything on their return. NeoGAF is definitely starting to experience a shift into a more politically-correct center-left mindset and I respect them for sticking to it and actually keeping people out if they don't comply. There's a lot of other communities out there where shit like "i'd gargle her bath water" or "i only see the human race," etc. are a little too commonplace for comfort. You'll get people like speedy caught in the crossfire, but ultimately, I'd even give up my own account if it meant GAF strode for stronger equal representation, which is already pretty well on its way.

Just wanted to say this is the best post you've ever made.

 

[Madness]

But there hasn't been any problems since the thread unlock? People have been, and continue to be respectful and just discuss Halo, so I'm not sure if the warning is warranted here no?

 

[NobleGundam]

Hi HaloGAF, I'll use this wonderful post as my leaping off point.

Sub-Zero is right. What once flew on GAF no longer flies on GAF. Go back as few as five or six years, and you'll find people calling each other "gay" and "fag", but none of you would do that now, because you either have grown past it, or know you'll catch a ban.

In a very similar way, Halo GAF is going to be respectful to people who aren't young men. This includes, old people, women, transgendered members, etc.

If HaloGAF can't manage this without massive moderator intervention, then there will be massive moderator intervention.

So, given this, a couple of points:

1) This is not a locker room. Keep in mind that this thread, because it's focused on Halo -- an incredibly popular, mainstream game -- is going to have a higher percentage of non-young white dudes than much of the rest of the forum. Which means if you wouldn't say it in front of a mixed-race, mixed-gender crowd in real life, you probably shouldn't say it here.

2) Like all community threads, you are required to be inclusive to newcomers. This is going to be a big issue when the MC Collection rolls out. There are going to be plenty of new folks, and we expect you to welcome them and treat them well.

That's all. Have fun, and I'll be back around when I need to be, or when some Halo actually comes out.

I think future threads need this included in the OP.

 

[squidhands]

I remember a fairly recent post from David Ellis that more or less said to treat the people here like you would if they were sitting across a table from you at a social gathering. Great way to look at it, and it's kept me (knocks superstitiously on wood) ban-free since I joined GAF.

Looking forward to being carried by you guys again in Halo soon.

 

[The Librarian]

I remember a fairly recent post from David Ellis that more or less said to treat the people here like you would if they were sitting across a table from you at a social gathering. Great way to look at it, and it's kept me (knocks superstitiously on wood) ban-free since I joined GAF.

Looking forward to being carried by you guys again in Halo soon.

Yeah, that's a pretty good way of looking at it. You wouldn't tell members of Bungie and 343 they should be fired because you disagree with how they handle their job, for example.

 

[User 73706]

It just won't be the same not being able to carry Therms & EZB to 50. Where's Metroidvania when I need him?

Metroidvania definitely still frequents GAF, I think he's just left halogaf.

Just wanted to say this is the best post you've ever made.

But there hasn't been any problems since the thread unlock? People have been, and continue to be respectful and just discuss Halo, so I'm not sure if the warning is warranted here no?

I think he's just elaborating on my post to establish that "don't be a dick" is an actual rule, not just a recommendation as per my request in the OP. That and preparing us for the onslaught of newcomers come MCC's release.